With astronomical summer right around the corner this upcoming Thursday, it's about time we enter a period of excessive heat across eastern Iowa. Actual air temperatures will climb into the 90s in ...

With the heat of summer upon us, we hear a lot about the heat index in our weather forecasts these days. But what exactly is the heat index and how is it calculated? "It's kind of the summer version ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – With blistering heat this summer, you’ve likely heard a few people say “it’s not the head, it’s the humidity.” Turns out both things are true: it’s called the Heat Index. The heat ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Temperatures are running high this week. We’ve already broken records, and more are in jeopardy over the next 2 weeks. Temperatures will be hot, but the air can feel even hotter ...

When the time comes to monitor emergence and development, consider the role heat measurement standards called growing degree days (GDDs), or growing degree units, play in the process. People think in ...

Exercising in hot and humid weather is far from ideal, but those who are avid runners have no choice but to lace up their sneaks and face the heat. If you are struggling to maintain a nine minute mile ...

Tamra Kilminster first visited Palm Springs back in her 20s, when she traveled to the area from her home of Santa Barbara to visit her boyfriend’s family. That relationship didn’t last, but it started ...

In recent weeks, we've had lots of heat advisories across the country. Some of the advisories were even upgraded to full-blown excessive heat warnings, which the National Weather Service issues ...

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The UK’s recent heat wave was the Great British Bake Off that no one wanted – and it was made at least 10 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new analysis shows. But the World Weather ...